Alfieri, Annamaria
Summary: It s 1911, and young Vera McIntosh is in love and out of place. Pale and Scottish, a missionary s daughter, she no longer fits in with the Kikuyu with whom she grew up. But she is too African, too native to be welcomed by Kenya s ex-pat community. It s only in Justin Tolliver s arms that Vera feels truly at home. Tolliver, too, is neither fish nor fowl. True, he s the son of an English earl,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Felony & Mayhem Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALFAlfieri, Annamaria
Summary: "It's 1913, and Justin Tolliver is no longer a member of the colonial police in British East Africa. Instead, he has opted for life as an African farmer and a newly minted family-man. But once again, Vera and Justin are brought face to face with terrible injustice."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Felony & Mayhem Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALFSummary: Pampered African Prince Akeem is a rebel who is against an arranged marriage and heads to Queens, New York to find a new bride. His regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a "regular" guy job at a fast-food...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY COMFaruqi, Reem
Summary: Now that she is ten, Lailah is delighted that she can fast during the month of Ramadan like her family and her friends in Abu Dhabi, but finding a way to explain to her teacher and classmates in Atlanta is a challenge until she gets some good advice from the librarian, Mrs. Carman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2015
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Summary: The adventures of a 12-year-old African boy sold into slavery by his father to pay off a debt. The setting is East Africa, a place of trade caravans, tribal warfare and the beginnings of European colonization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GURWilkinson, Lauren
Summary: Marie Mitchell, a Cold War FBI intelligence officer, joins an undercover task force to undermine Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary Communist president of Burkina Faso, who she secretly admires and comes to love, in a novel inspired by true events.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WILSummary: This series covers history from 3500 B.C. to the 1780's. This course analyzes civilizations by looking at their geographic and political environments, their technologies, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. Students will look at history from new perspectives, come to understand the connections between human beings despite time and distance, and appreciate the lasting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1995
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Liggett, Cathy.
Summary: "One trip binds their hearts forever to the women of Africa"--Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LIGTillworth, Mary
Summary: "Can Pua the pig stop Heihei the rooster from causing trouble for Moana at the island feast?"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTZoboi, Ibi Aanu
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler. Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler expereinced an American childhood...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BUTSpectre, Peter H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sheridan House 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.82 SPESchwartz, Leanne
Summary: "Plain, poor, plus-size, and autistic, Alesta grew up trying to convince her beauty-obsessed kingdom that she's too useful to be sacrificed. Their god blessed their island Soladisa as a haven for his followers, but to keep the devil at bay, the church sends a child sacrifice to hell's entrance every season--often poor or plain girls just like Alesta. With a head full of ideas for inventions,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street YA 2024
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Summary: "Vernell Laquan Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up a block apart in the Southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Wynwood Heights. Years later, though, Justyce walks the illustrious halls of Yale University . . . and Quan sits behind bars at the Fulton Regional Youth Detention Center. Through a series of flashbacks, vignettes, and letters to Justyce -- the protagonist of Dear Martin -- Quan's story...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: PA FIC STOAvachat, Arushi
Summary: As her sister's wedding approaches, high school senior Arya must navigate fraught family dynamics, the fallout of her two best friends breaking up, and a tense partnership with her rival, the frustratingly attractive student council president.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC AVAContents: Rufaa ya kiko (L'Orch. Dar International) (5:15) -- Hasara ya moto (Afro 70) (4:13) -- Rose atieno (Kauma Boys Band) (4:32) -- Nasalaki nini (Super Mambo Jazz Band "69") (4:53) -- Denise (Maquis Du Zaire) (5:26) -- Anyanga (Victoria Jazz Band) (5:05) -- Nakupenda sana (Orchestre Conga Internationale) (4:40) -- Rudi nyumbani (L'Orch. Dar International) (6:39) -- Taabu ya awendo (The Golden Kings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN ARMBetancourt, Ingrid
Summary: "From the extraordinary Colombian French politician and activist Ingrid Betancourt, a stunning debut novel about freedom and fate. Set against the backdrop of Argentina's Dirty War and infused with magical realism, The Blue Line is a breathtaking story of love and betrayal by one of the world's most renowned writers and activists. Ingrid Betancourt, author of the New York Times bestselling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BETLyon, J. Vanessa
Summary: For Glory Hopkins, inheriting her Aunt Lucille's Harlem brownstone feels more like a curse than a blessing. As a restless artist struggling to find gallery representation, Glory doesn't have the money, time, or patience to look after the aging house of an aunt she barely knew. But when she stumbles into Parkie de Groot, a savvy, ambitious auction house appraiser on the verge of a coveted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: On the eve of the World War I, ex-soldier turned professional hunter Leon Courtney is recruited by his uncle Penrod Ballantyne, commander of the British forces in East Africa, to gather information on one of his clients, Count Otto von Meerbach, and soon finds himself left alone to frustrate von Meerbach's plan to wipe out the British forces in Africa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SMICutright, Patricia J.
Summary: "Twelve biographies of Indigenous women who, as modern-day warriors, have infused their communities with strength and leadership. The women overcame unimaginable hardships--racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty--only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 7th Generation Native Voices 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 973 CUTThorogood, Robert
Summary: Living alone in a faded mansion in Marlow, seventy-seven-year-old Judith Potts is blissfully happy. One evening, while out swimming in the Thames, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. When the local police don't believe her story, Judith and two unlikely friends decide to investigate for themselves. Together, they are the Marlow Murder Club. But soon another body turns up, and it seems that a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC THOSummary: At the start of World War I, German imperial troops burn down a mission in Africa. The mission's clergyman was so overtaken with disappointment that he passes away. Shortly after his well-educated, snooty sister Rose buries her brother, she must leave on the only available transport, the 'African Queen' steamboat. The boat is manned by the ill-mannered bachelor, Charlie. Together they embark on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2010
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD AFRFrigiola, Heather
Summary: Mythical creatures are cultural artifacts--creations of the human imagination from all around the world. From terrifying monsters to sacred mystical beasts, weird-looking humanoids, magical birds, and many other fantastic beings, the mythological creatures in this book are sure to enchant and amaze! Discover myths and legends spanning from ancient times to modern day from every corner of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Feather 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 FRIMosley, Walter
Summary: "Easy Rawlins is back, with a new detective agency and a new mystery to solve. Charcoal Joe has asked Easy to help clear Joe's son, who was found standing over a white man's dead body in his cabin home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016